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Why use GPT-4o Mini Transcribe on OpenAI API?
OpenAI API offers GPT-4o Mini Transcribe with pay-as-you-go pricing at $5.00/1M output tokens. OpenAI is a leading AI research and deployment company dedicated to developing safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence (AGI) for humanity.
Input / 1M
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Output / 1M
$5.00
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install openaiAuth
export OPENAI_API_KEY=...Call
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(Model ID
gpt-4o-mini-transcribeRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-4o-mini-transcribe",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".
- The examples expect OPENAI_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Output tokens | $5.00 |
| Audio input | $1.25 |
Capabilities
MultimodalBatch APIAudio
About GPT-4o Mini Transcribe
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe is OpenAI's cost-efficient speech-to-text model based on GPT-4o mini, released March 20, 2025. Offers substantially better accuracy than Whisper at roughly half the price of gpt-4o-transcribe. Supports batch, Realtime transcription, and Assistants endpoints. Input: $1.25/1M audio tokens. Output: $5.00/1M text tokens. Practical: ~$0.003/min. API ID: gpt-4o-mini-transcribe.
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Model Specs
Released2025-03-20
Context16k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2024-09